Camera Phone

Smartphone cameras are capable of snapping some incredible photos, even if their image sensors can't match those of DSLR and mirrorless cameras. Now Sony is bridging the gap by cramming a 1-inch Exmor sensor into the upcoming Xperia Pro-I handset.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has officially confirmed that its upcoming Mi Mix phone will be the world's first smartphone to use "liquid lens" technology in its camera, allowing super-fast autofocus and optical zoom changes.

Xiaomi has unveiled the Mi Mix Alpha, a concept phone with a screen that wraps around the back – plus a frankly-ridiculous 108-megapixel camera.

Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi has reignited the megapixel race, long after most of us thought it was over. Along with a 64-megapixel flagship phone for its Redmi brand, the company announced it's preparing to debut a 100-megapixel phone camera designed in conjunction with Samsung.

In its 8th year, the Mobile Photography Awards has finally become more than a novelty photography competition. Celebrating the artistry that can be created using current smartphone cameras, this year’s winners demonstrate just how far the technology has come, with an incredible array of photographs.

LG's new V40 ThinQ phone sports no less than five cameras – two in the front and three in the back – bringing with it a bevy of new photography tricks and good internal specs to boot. Oh, and the company has a new watch too.

We often hear that the lens aperture of your smartphone camera is important for low light photography, but what does that really mean? Gizmag looks at what lens aperture is, how it works, and what you should look out for on your next smartphone.

China's Vivo is about to release a flagship LTE-capable Android phone named the Xshot that features a 13 MP camera at the back with a deliciously fast F1.8 lens and optical image stabilization, and an 8 MP selfie cam to the front, along with 4K video and high-end audio as added pot-sweeteners.

Blu Products has unleashed a new 5.5-inch display smartphone called the Life Pure XL that's built around Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 mobile processor, and features a 16 MP rear-facing camera with a compact camera-like image sensor and an AF selfie snapper to the front.

Google’s new Camera app for Android aims to address one of the greatest advantages that big-sensor, big-pricetag DSLR cameras have over phone cameras – the ability to blur out the background and achieve a bokeh effect. Very cool.

Using the HISY, selfies don't have to possess that "I'm holding my phone out at the end of my arm" look. We recently got our hands on one, and gave it a try.

A new start-up is set to start producing mobile phone camera lenses that it claims will "capture better images than anything else on the market." US-based Moment this week launched a 30-day Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the production of its lenses, and doubled its target within 28 hours.